So these are my very first thoughts on my Nokia Lumia 800, the first windows phone 7 to be produced from the Nokia Microsoft partnership. Read the rest of this entry »

With Nokia World 2011 less than a week away leaks of upcoming images of the new Windows Phone 7 has appeared. “Black and yellow and pink and blue… I can sing a rainbow…” Well, not quite all the colours of the rainbow but the Nokia 800 (codenamed Searay) has revealed itself in three colours, black, blue and pink. The Nokia 800 bears a similar design to Nokia’s recent Meego device the Nokia N9. I am spoilt for choice as to which colour is my favourite. Does it come in white?

Which colour do you love most?

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No doubt you have heard about Nokia World and that this year at Nokia World 2011 we will be looking forward to the hopeful release of the Windows Phone 7 collaboration between Nokia and Microsoft. Read the rest of this entry »

It would appear that nothing, absolutely nothing is sacred in the industry.

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Nokia announced that it is to close a manufacturing plant in Romania with the loss of 2,200 jobs. Read the rest of this entry »

Transaction Complete – Accenture consumes Symbian

Nokia announced the completion of the transaction with its software development and support activities of Symbian to Accenture.   Read the rest of this entry »

The eagerly anticipated Nokia N9 was officially launched today. The Nokia N9 has impressed us with its AMOLED, 1 GHz processor, 8 megapixel camera with flash and the excellent MeeGo operating system. Unfortunately MeeGo is no longer being actively pursued by Nokia and is regarded by some in the industry as a developmental dead end. Unfortunately to spread more harm than good, on this very same day Microsoft launched the Mango update to Windows Phone.  Some would say this is not so co-incidental at all.

MeeGo has been the centre of discussion of late with talks of a merger with mobile Linux distro LiMo, used on more than 20 mobile devices by Panasonic and NEC, majorly in Japan.

Seattle’s, Intel’s Elements 2011 will bring more discussion about this possibility.

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Nokia Pakistan has announced the recycling campaign winners. In keeping with its environmental concerns Nokia Pakistan started the recycling campaign.

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Today is the first day of the VLN championship. After a mammoth breakfast it was time to make our way to the Nurburgring. If, none of the above makes sense, you need to read Part 1 and then pop back here to read part 2.

After breakfast, a scuffle commenced in the hotel lobby as free N8′s (to keep) were handed out to the team, colours were swapped and exchanged and the colour pink was available. Poor show!!! Read more

With its first birthday fast approaching the Nokia N8 remains one of the best camera smartphones with a 12megapixel camera and xenon flash. The trusted predecessor the Nokia N82 is still held on to by many. Read the rest of this entry »